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Pa. begins preparing election officials for voter ID requirements

Since Pennsylvania’s voter ID law has cleared its first legal hurdle, the people on the front lines of the law are getting some for ...

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Toddler fight club at Delaware daycare?

Dover Police arrested three employees of Hands of Our Future daycare for allegedly encouraging 3-year-olds to fight each other. De ...

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Civil suit filed in Philly basement captive case

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Philadelphia Police identify victim of Friday night fatal shooting in Germantown

A man who was shot and killed on West Rockland Street in Germantown late Friday night has been identified as Bryan Jones, who lived on th ...

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Delaware Governor greets arrriving elementary school students in Claymont

The new academic year is getting underway in Delaware, but one school has already been in session for nearly two weeks. Governor J ...

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Delaware gas prices may not dip again until after Labor Day

AAA Mid-Atlantic says Delaware gas prices are now higher than at this time a year ago, and are not likely to start going down again until ...

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Nutter teams up with South Carolina congressman to diss Romney-Ryan education plan

Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter will be speaking out against the Romney-Ryan education funding plan today alongside an unusual companio ...

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Mulling racism’s history and modern-day effects in Germantown

What is race? What is whiteness? What constitutes being “black”? Where did the term “colored” come from? ...

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Chestnut Hill branch of Sovereign bank robbed

Philadelphia police are seeking a man who robbed the Sovereign Bank at 8623 Germantown Avenue today around 11:15 a.m. The thief made off ...

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Northern Delaware school district invites public participation in referendum planning

The Colonial School District hosts a public meeting tonight as it makes plans to hold a referendum. The district began the process ...

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N.J. State Police policy spells out escorts

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National Interest

Juices and secretions

Hey, did you know that raped women rarely, if ever, get pregnant? That they have a built-in biological defense against conception that ki ...

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Remembering Gilbert Fuller Sr., the ‘Mayor of Germantown’

A few weeks ago, Gilbert Fuller closed his shop at 6327 Germantown Ave. and went home to die. The shoes sat quietly on the shelves ...

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Local sculptor has a hand in Mars mission, charitable giving gets mapped

Good morning, Feeders! As Tom MacDonald keeps an eye on development in the case of slain Philadelphia Police Officer Moses Walker, ...

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Calif. supplier recalls lettuce over E. coli fears

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